Interests and Power in Language Management

Marek Nekula is Professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Regensburg, Germany. His linguistic research focuses on language contact and multilingualism in Central Europe, using the framework of Language Management Theory for different sociolinguistic issues.Tamah Sherman is a researcher at the Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on interaction and meta-linguistic behavior, using the frameworks of Language Management Theory, Ethnomethodology, and Conversation Analysis.Halina Zawiszová is Assistant Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Her main research foci revolve around topics related to emotion, language, and social interaction. She is also interested in the management of foreign languages and social identities at different levels of organization.

• interests, power, sociolinguistics, language planning, language management, language ideologies, language acquisition, language use, minority languages, minoritized languages, linguistic landscapes, language conflict, foreign language policies, foreign language teaching and learning